In 2022/2023, Dronfield had 162,384 entries and exits, making it the 1,377^th most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 780^th busiest (out of 997), with 283 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 444.89 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 11.03 passengers per service, giving it the 874^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.

Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
Down	111	403
Up	111	403

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2008-09 Service improved from Dec 2008: Northern Rail introduced hourly service.
2009-10 Improved timetable introduced in December 2008
2014-15 Reason for change unclear

Location: Dronfield
CRS: DRO / NLC: 6616 / TIPLOC(S): DRONFLD
Station Facility Owner: Northern Trains
OS Grid Ref: 435472 378403
Constituency: North East Derbyshire
Local Authority: Derbyshire
NR Region: East Midlands
ELR: TJC1 151m 44ch

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Top 5 jouneys from Dronfield during 2022/2023:
•Sheffield (31,689 journeys)
•Chesterfield (13,451 journeys)
•Meadowhall (8,120 journeys)
•Leeds (7,361 journeys)
•Nottingham (6,437 journeys)
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